It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society: US antidepressant use doubles

I used to buy into that advertising. I gave antidepressants a try hoping they would "fix" my depression. They numbed me to the point where I couldn't feel ANY emotion. I no longer felt depression, but I no longer had a chance of feeling any positive emotion either. It killed any motivation I had to improve my life, and it reached the point where I couldn't leave the bed. It was awful and I didn't feel human.

What made me feel better was going off the medication and adjusting my attitude and lifestyle. Instead of going back to my dull, uninspiring, and frustrating office job, I started my own business. It was a tough, risky decision, but working for myself and going outside of the standard 9-5 life made me feel a million times better. I'm not knocking people who choose that path nor am I claiming that self-employment will cure your problems. All I'm saying is that doing what I truly wanted instead of what society and family expected me to do was what truly helped me in the end.

THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I EVER MADE WAS BELIEVING THAT A PILL COULD FIX MY PROBLEMS. Extra emphasis added because I hope that someone will read this and think twice before ever seriously believing that medication is the answer to everything.

I was so saddened and disturbed when I read that article, and was left with similar conclusions. I won't bother asking "how did we reach this point?", because I already know the answer. The government and big business know damn well what these drugs do--they force us to be unmotivated worker drones. When you're numb to the point where you can't feel anger, when you're unable to question the status quo or even have a critical thought, then you're not much of a threat.

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They're now no longer contributors to Big Pharma's salaries/mind control.
They have been clean now long enough to see past their own noses, and are getting active locally & here at DP also.
I agree with Calgary4Paul, "Reading the Daily Paul...is my anti-depressant!"

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Means teaching people how to take care of themselves. Sorry, big pharma, there is no profit in this, and it is the ethical choice that must be made for the better of our species. The massive pawning off of health problems by consumers onto a drug or surgery just shows how addicted our culture is to not understanding our bodies' wisdom. The golden nugget in the healthcare crisis is that the upcoming outrageous cost of medicine will force people to relearn how to take care of themselves since they won't have the money or insurance coverage to buy every little drug or procedure they want to "fix" themselves. 100 years from now, we will look back on this time and see how we have treated ourselves like barbarians in relation to medecine.

I admit to smoking bud on a daily basis...otherwise my kids might drive me insane (I'm a stay-at-home mom), and somehow it keeps me from getting bored. Dunno if it's good or bad, but I enjoy it.

"There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one: The regeneration of the inner man."
—Tolstoy

I never took any types of those drugs. My mother tired to get me put on them but I refused most adamantly. My mind is mine. No drugs. No illegal nor legal drugs. I remained clean. A feat very rare in this day and age.

As for our society. The more sick in the head you are the more sucessful you become. Wifes,Children,And mentaly adjusted.
Heres a case for you. A man has a wife they have six,thats 6,children. Boths parents have no job. 3 of their kids are in the foster system. 3 live with them. They live in section 8. No income other than government assistance. They get their pills at a discount for being jobless. They think they are the most successful people they know. They talk down to everyone and act as if they are living in the lap of luxury.

I fear these pills make it so that you can be clinging to the bottom rungs of society and feel as if you are on the top of the mountain. Depression I feel is healthy. For without it what would be the motivation to better your life?

SOMA

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The US is one of the only countries where pharmaceutical companies are allowed to market directly to consumers. Thus, according to Charles Barber, author of the book Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, 66 percent of the global antidepressant market is accounted for by the United States.

These drugs are getting into the water supply. These drugs make people more apathetic. Makes you wonder what this is tending towards.

I hope your young friend finds a better path.

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is my anti-depressant! Just knowing there are a lot of people out there who have pulled their heads out of their asses.

I just noticed the problem a few weeks ago while visiting the doctor's office. I had an appointment for purely financial reasons (extracting my money from my IRA) and I was given a questionare. The two page test had the 'Ely Lily' name at the bottom.

The first leading set of questions were impossible to answer no to. An example is:

Have you ever felt better than usual?
Have you ever hollered at anyone?
Do you sometimes feel happier than usual?

Anyhow, I must have flunked.

The second page went something like this:

Is morning your favorite time of the day?
Do you like feeling attractive and looking at attractive people?
Is your life less full than usual?

I must've failed this as well.

The doctor told me I needed Cymbalta and some form of valium!!!

I was really laughing which made matters worse. Upon my arrival of this very same visit I had told my Doctor that I appreciated him because he had never told me that I needed antidepressants. He is such a smart guy but this Big Pharma drug abuse scam has been forced on the greatest of minds.

I guess they don't call it a depression for nothing.

I saw a new book the other day in the bookstore called: The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century

It points out how acceptable it is in our society to say, "I'm depressed," whereas saying "I'm lonely" is completely pathetic and unacceptable. The reason? There is a treatment for depression - just take a pill.

Loneliness is another matter, and it is really what people mean when they say, "I'm depressed." The book cited a terrible statistic - I forget exactly, but it was something like 50% of Americans don't have a single friend that that they could talk to about meaningful things - or something to that effect. I'll have to go look at it again.

It talks about the "Cult of Busyness"

a vicious cycle of staying busy to avoid seeming lonely and feeling lonely because there seems to be no time to cultivate relationships.

Great book with great insights.

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"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
-- Patrick Henry